Summary Note 17 (December 2024)
This Summary presents the discussions held during the 23rd session of the UNPFII, April 15 to 26, 2024.
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The 8th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) will be held at the UN, Palais des Nations, Geneva, from July 20 to 24, 2015.
Online accreditation process is open and available here. Please note that the deadline for accreditation requests is 6 July 2015.
Items on the provisional agenda of the 8th session include:
EMRIP secretariat informs that during the session, lunch-time events related to the mandate of the Expert Mechanism can be organized from 13:15 to 14:45. Due to the limited availability of rooms, only two lunch-time events can take place each day.
The Expert Mechanism is encouraging the organization of lunch-time events that contribute to its mandate and specifically to the agenda of the session, in particular in relation to access to indigenous peoples’ rights with respect to their cultural heritage, follow up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
To apply to hold a lunch-time event, please send a letter to expertmechanism@ohchr.org with the following information:
Decisions by the EMRIP secretariat on lunch-time events – including day and room – will be final. Relevant factors include the order in which the application was received and its relationship to the work of EMRIP’s 8th session.
Requests for side events must be received by 6 July 2015.
For further information on accreditation and side events, you may contact the EMRIP secretariat by writing to: expertmechanism@ohchr.org.
The agenda, the program of work, and all other documents relevant to the session will be found here in June.
Documents relating to the EMRIP are also found here in Docip’s online documentation database.
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The Delegates Welcome Service of the Geneva Welcome Center (CAGI) organizes accommodation in budget hotels for indigenous delegates who are participating in conferences taking place in Geneva. Delegates will participate to the cost of their accommodation up to the amount of Swiss Francs 35.- per night. The application procedure and request form can be found online here and should be sent back to the following email address: delegates.cagi@etat.ge.ch. Please consult the CAGI website here for all relevant information.
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